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Selfies, handshakes: What activities are banned during campaign period?

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<div> </div><p>Malacañang on Tuesday identified some activities which would be prohibited during the campaign period for the May elections, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to rage. </p><p>Quoting the interior department, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles listed the following banned campaign activities. </p><ul>	<li> Entering private dwellings during house-to-house campaigning</li>	<li> Crowding</li>	<li> Handshake, embraces, kissing, going arm-in-arm or any activity with physical contact</li>	<li> Selfies or taking photos with close proximity </li>	<li> Distribution of food or drinking water </li></ul><p>The policy will also apply during political caucuses, meetings, conventions, rallies, and miting de advance, Nograles said in a press briefing. </p><p>The campaign period starts on Feb. 8 for national aspirants and on March 25 for local contenders. </p>

Malacañang identified some activities which would be prohibited during the campaign period for the May elections.